BC Gallery is pleased to present „Pretension of Greatness“ a solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Franco Fasoli, showing his latest collages and sculptures. The opening reception will be on Thursday, June 29th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through October 7th

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About „Pretension of Greatness“

Three years after his first solo show at BC Gallery, Argentinian artist Franco Fasoli is back in Berlin with his latest artworks which are to be presented under the title “Pretension of Greatness”. Compared to the expressive and abstracted paintings exhibited in the past show which left the viewer with the feeling of balanced tension between movement and tranquility, the collages, which will be a major part of this exhibition are defined by a heavy restlessness. The enormous amount of motives, partially layered or squeezed in next to each other build up an extreme tension within the picture, catapulting the spectator right into a kind of obscure battlefield. This tension is not only defined by the density of motives but also by the semantics of materials, the technical thoroughness contrasting with the fragility of the paper. Additionally to the collage works, there also will be sculptures made of bronze and fabric. As a result the atmosphere is filled with contrasts and contradictions. Bronze, one of the highest rated materials concerning the material hierarchies in art is being forced into a fusion with fabric and is put through a sort of desacralization process and yet results in an outcome that appears even stronger than each on its own. Fasoli often relates his work thematically to his native country, Argentina. For this exhibition the influence of the historical alteration of his homeland, which did not only have to fight for independence, but also underwent many years of military dictatorships and has been kept in a perpetual state of change which in turn creates a very strong characteristic is clearly visible throughout all the artworks.

About Franco Fasoli – JAZ

Franco Fasoli alias JAZ, who‘s career started as a graffiti writer in the streets of Buenos Aires in the mid 90‘s has, over the years, developed his designs from a letter based to a more complex and figurative style which is determined by his unique way of mixing colors. Inspired by his work in scenography, Fasoli started experimenting with several quite unusual materials such as asphaltic paint, petrol, tar and limewhich allowed him to create his very own technique for mural painting that results in a watercolor-like luminescent but transparent effect. Through motives like lucha-libre-style wrestling or hybrid creatures like minotaurs that many times occur mirrored or aspart of a mass he is dealing with Argentinian culture and the issues that come with it. Usually they are locked in combat and attest tometaphoric violence or the bipolarity of the human mind. This is also reflected in his new technique with paper collages. Being able to develop new techniques without losing the strong nature of his vision is what makes Franco Fasoli be respected and successful in the art scene

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Pretension of Greatness“ a solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Franco Fasoli, showing his latest collages and sculptures. The opening reception will be on Thursday, June 29th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through October 7th

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Opening Hours

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About „Pretension of Greatness“

Three years after his first solo show at BC Gallery, Argentinian artist Franco Fasoli is back in Berlin with his latest artworks which are to be presented under the title “Pretension of Greatness”. Compared to the expressive and abstracted paintings exhibited in the past show which left the viewer with the feeling of balanced tension between movement and tranquility, the collages, which will be a major part of this exhibition are defined by a heavy restlessness. The enormous amount of motives, partially layered or squeezed in next to each other build up an extreme tension within the picture, catapulting the spectator right into a kind of obscure battlefield. This tension is not only defined by the density of motives but also by the semantics of materials, the technical thoroughness contrasting with the fragility of the paper. Additionally to the collage works, there also will be sculptures made of bronze and fabric. As a result the atmosphere is filled with contrasts and contradictions. Bronze, one of the highest rated materials concerning the material hierarchies in art is being forced into a fusion with fabric and is put through a sort of desacralization process and yet results in an outcome that appears even stronger than each on its own. Fasoli often relates his work thematically to his native country, Argentina. For this exhibition the influence of the historical alteration of his homeland, which did not only have to fight for independence, but also underwent many years of military dictatorships and has been kept in a perpetual state of change which in turn creates a very strong characteristic is clearly visible throughout all the artworks.

About Franco Fasoli – JAZ

Franco Fasoli alias JAZ, who‘s career started as a graffiti writer in the streets of Buenos Aires in the mid 90‘s has, over the years, developed his designs from a letter based to a more complex and figurative style which is determined by his unique way of mixing colors. Inspired by his work in scenography, Fasoli started experimenting with several quite unusual materials such as asphaltic paint, petrol, tar and limewhich allowed him to create his very own technique for mural painting that results in a watercolor-like luminescent but transparent effect. Through motives like lucha-libre-style wrestling or hybrid creatures like minotaurs that many times occur mirrored or aspart of a mass he is dealing with Argentinian culture and the issues that come with it. Usually they are locked in combat and attest tometaphoric violence or the bipolarity of the human mind. This is also reflected in his new technique with paper collages. Being able to develop new techniques without losing the strong nature of his vision is what makes Franco Fasoli be respected and successful in the art scene

BC Gallery is pleased to present „13 STROKES“ a solo exhibition by Berlin-based artist STOHEAD. The opening reception will be on Saturday, May 13th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through June 24th.

Opening Reception

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13th May – 24th June

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

Address

BC Gallery
Libauerstraße 14
10245 Berlin

About 13 Strokes

Over the past several years, Stohead has successfully developed several different styles all based on his calligraphy. Combining his liquid smoke with calligraphy elements and adding his new strokes, he has taken his abstract painting to a new level in his latest body of works. As every style has its own accent, the main goal of the artist was to find a universal language to bring them together as apposed to inventing yet another new one. Creating the right balance was key to giving them new purpose within the composition and so to allow a coexistence with each other. Much as our multi cultural society tries to do today. With the title „13 Strokes“, the artist means to explain a certain minimalistic, restricted approach to his work and so to give careful thought to every detail of the painting. One might ask oneself as to why a certain element such as the liquid smoke which is very detailed in color, shape and depth and looks beautiful on its own is then partly covered with what seems to be a blunt yellow line or a round tip letter. The answer in this case is that the artist looks for more than just an aesthetic result to his paintings. Due to his experience in technique, composition and material Stohead is able to envision the exact size, position and color of additional strokes to achieve the tension and depth he is looking for. It takes a lot of confidence in the physical execution of said strokes. It will sometimes take him days of contemplating and practicing a certain element in the composition of a work even if it is „just“ a yellow line before it is actually added.

About Stohead

Through his years evolving as an artist, Christoph Häßler has gone through several stages of development in styles. Starting, as so many of his kind with graffiti, he naturally became accustomed to lettering and calligraphy. Scripture is the bearer of information, writing makes it possible to ban thoughts and feelings into a form and it is here where Stohead found his bridge between writing in the streets and the art form we have come to know in the past years. As with any good artist, the key is to constantly evolve and reinvent oneself without losing ones identity as an artist. Stohead has managed to do this over several years and several different styles by never discarding or breaking off one for the other but rather more intuitively by going back and forth between them. Starting off by taking his distinct round tip tagging style from the streets to the canvas, Christoph has since taken his writing through various stages of what he calls „decomposition“ of the lettering. Using several different techniques and often self-made tools, his works range from clear and strict letter patterns to the complete decomposition, which is commonly known as the „Liquid Smoke“ works. Taking inspiration from both ends has caused several distinct styles to evolve and to be used by the artist on a regular basis alongside each other. Stohead’s earlier productions also include a notable phase of sculptural works and installations which he has picked up again recently. Also to mention are his numerous organizational involvements in urban art events such as Urban Discipline or Dock Art just to name a few. With his constant presence and output, Stohead has achieved a stable market for himself with regular solo and group exhibitions around the globe.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „13 STROKES“ a solo exhibition by Berlin-based artist STOHEAD. The opening reception will be on Saturday, May 13th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through June 24th.

Opening Reception

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13th May – 24th June

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

Address

BC Gallery
Libauerstraße 14
10245 Berlin

About 13 Strokes

Over the past several years, Stohead has successfully developed several different styles all based on his calligraphy. Combining his liquid smoke with calligraphy elements and adding his new strokes, he has taken his abstract painting to a new level in his latest body of works. As every style has its own accent, the main goal of the artist was to find a universal language to bring them together as apposed to inventing yet another new one. Creating the right balance was key to giving them new purpose within the composition and so to allow a coexistence with each other. Much as our multi cultural society tries to do today. With the title „13 Strokes“, the artist means to explain a certain minimalistic, restricted approach to his work and so to give careful thought to every detail of the painting. One might ask oneself as to why a certain element such as the liquid smoke which is very detailed in color, shape and depth and looks beautiful on its own is then partly covered with what seems to be a blunt yellow line or a round tip letter. The answer in this case is that the artist looks for more than just an aesthetic result to his paintings. Due to his experience in technique, composition and material Stohead is able to envision the exact size, position and color of additional strokes to achieve the tension and depth he is looking for. It takes a lot of confidence in the physical execution of said strokes. It will sometimes take him days of contemplating and practicing a certain element in the composition of a work even if it is „just“ a yellow line before it is actually added.

About Stohead

Through his years evolving as an artist, Christoph Häßler has gone through several stages of development in styles. Starting, as so many of his kind with graffiti, he naturally became accustomed to lettering and calligraphy. Scripture is the bearer of information, writing makes it possible to ban thoughts and feelings into a form and it is here where Stohead found his bridge between writing in the streets and the art form we have come to know in the past years. As with any good artist, the key is to constantly evolve and reinvent oneself without losing ones identity as an artist. Stohead has managed to do this over several years and several different styles by never discarding or breaking off one for the other but rather more intuitively by going back and forth between them. Starting off by taking his distinct round tip tagging style from the streets to the canvas, Christoph has since taken his writing through various stages of what he calls „decomposition“ of the lettering. Using several different techniques and often self-made tools, his works range from clear and strict letter patterns to the complete decomposition, which is commonly known as the „Liquid Smoke“ works. Taking inspiration from both ends has caused several distinct styles to evolve and to be used by the artist on a regular basis alongside each other. Stohead’s earlier productions also include a notable phase of sculptural works and installations which he has picked up again recently. Also to mention are his numerous organizational involvements in urban art events such as Urban Discipline or Dock Art just to name a few. With his constant presence and output, Stohead has achieved a stable market for himself with regular solo and group exhibitions around the globe.

About Elian Chali

Elian Chali’s work is characterized by the close dialogue with the environment in which he finds himself. Architecture, climate issues and socio-political development are some of the factors that influence the artist’s composition through basic geometry and abstraction. The use of complimentary colors underlines our basic nature of things while geometrical shapes and forms translate to the our urban lifestyle. The additional mixed media content shows the tension within this world of constant conflict between nature and technology. The main theme of his work is the city. Through photography and painting, Elian seeks to open a discussion which spans from the current social problems, to the poetry of the habitat in which we live in. Through numerous travels around the world, Elian is constantly exposed to both the beauty and ugliness which surrounds us in equal measure in every day life and invites the viewer to process these issues with him through his paintings.

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About Elian Chali

Elian Chali’s work is characterized by the close dialogue with the environment in which he finds himself. Architecture, climate issues and socio-political development are some of the factors that influence the artist’s composition through basic geometry and abstraction. The use of complimentary colors underlines our basic nature of things while geometrical shapes and forms translate to the our urban lifestyle. The additional mixed media content shows the tension within this world of constant conflict between nature and technology. The main theme of his work is the city. Through photography and painting, Elian seeks to open a discussion which spans from the current social problems, to the poetry of the habitat in which we live in. Through numerous travels around the world, Elian is constantly exposed to both the beauty and ugliness which surrounds us in equal measure in every day life and invites the viewer to process these issues with him through his paintings.

BC Gallery is pleased to present Act II, Volume IV: „Cascading Nebula” a solo exhibition by Mexican artist Curiot, showing his latest artworks. The opening reception will be on Saturday, February 25th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through April 15th.

Opening Reception

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25th February – 15th April

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

With his exhibition at BC Gallery Curiot is taking us on a surreal, futuristic journey into a parallel universe to accompany his alter ego named Xikatze. As one can presume by looking at the exhibition’s title ‚Act II, Volume IV‚ this exhibition has to be seen in a bigger context. It is in fact part of a whole visualized sci-fi story which involves several exhibitions and reflects the artist’s inner identification process, digging deeply into his experience with Mexican culture and it’s ancient gods and spirits that have influenced him since his early childhood. Act II, Volume IV will show the spectator an open portal to an alternate reality. Created in the real world, it will provide an out of context experience with the intention to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual. Since Act I ended with a transcendent death-like experience for Curiot’s characters, Act II is exploring the idea of what comes after this transition, what kind of worlds you would travel, the things you would eventually encounter or what lessons you might learn from the experiance.

About the Artist

Mexican painter and street artist Curiot was born deep into the Mayan jungle near the cascading spirits, in an unexplored section of the jungle. As a part of a small tribe named ‚Tlaltzotl‘ which can be translated as ‚guardians of the path‘ he was introduced to alternate realities from early on. Nevertheless he decided to go for a classic Fine Arts education at the Universidad Michoacana de S.N. Hidalgo where he graduated in 2008. Since then his paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout South America, the U.S. and Europe cooperating with notable galleries such as Thinkspace Gallery or FFDG Gallery. His paintings which distinguish themselves through an extraordinary use of strong colors, usually appear in a very psychedelic mood. By mixing abstracted ornamental and geometrical shapes he picks up ancient Mexican mythology and transfers these gods and spirits into a new modern, even futuristic looking scenario.

BC Gallery is pleased to present Act II, Volume IV: „Cascading Nebula” a solo exhibition by Mexican artist Curiot, showing his latest artworks. The opening reception will be on Saturday, February 25th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open for public viewing through April 15th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

25th February – 15th April

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

With his exhibition at BC Gallery Curiot is taking us on a surreal, futuristic journey into a parallel universe to accompany his alter ego named Xikatze. As one can presume by looking at the exhibition’s title ‚Act II, Volume IV‚ this exhibition has to be seen in a bigger context. It is in fact part of a whole visualized sci-fi story which involves several exhibitions and reflects the artist’s inner identification process, digging deeply into his experience with Mexican culture and it’s ancient gods and spirits that have influenced him since his early childhood. Act II, Volume IV will show the spectator an open portal to an alternate reality. Created in the real world, it will provide an out of context experience with the intention to bridge the gap between the real and the virtual. Since Act I ended with a transcendent death-like experience for Curiot’s characters, Act II is exploring the idea of what comes after this transition, what kind of worlds you would travel, the things you would eventually encounter or what lessons you might learn from the experiance.

About the Artist

Mexican painter and street artist Curiot was born deep into the Mayan jungle near the cascading spirits, in an unexplored section of the jungle. As a part of a small tribe named ‚Tlaltzotl‘ which can be translated as ‚guardians of the path‘ he was introduced to alternate realities from early on. Nevertheless he decided to go for a classic Fine Arts education at the Universidad Michoacana de S.N. Hidalgo where he graduated in 2008. Since then his paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout South America, the U.S. and Europe cooperating with notable galleries such as Thinkspace Gallery or FFDG Gallery. His paintings which distinguish themselves through an extraordinary use of strong colors, usually appear in a very psychedelic mood. By mixing abstracted ornamental and geometrical shapes he picks up ancient Mexican mythology and transfers these gods and spirits into a new modern, even futuristic looking scenario.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Willow Waltz“ a solo exhibition by Chilean artist Pablo Benzo, showing his latest oil paintings and sculptures. The opening reception will be on Thursday, November 24th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through February 11th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

24th November – 11th February

The gallery will be closed from
the 24th of December until the 11th of January

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About Willow Waltz

With his abstracted plant-like figures, which appear somehow static, but more in a way that they are caught in a motion, careful not to move while being watched, Pablo Benzo turns the Gallery space into a surreal wonderland where creatures who’s shapes remind of willows are deliberately moved by the breeze. Like a slow waltz they are dancing through the empty space, lost somehow and solitarily yet not lonely but peaceful.

About Pablo Benzo

Painter, Graphic Designer and Illustrator Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago (Chile) and is based in Berlin since 2013. In his youth he spent most of his time and energy in Graffiti and street painting. This has led him to meet and collaborate with many artists from the Santiago scene and later from around the world. The experience thereof and the influence and studies of both historical artists as well as his contemporaries made Pablo expand his work more and more to the studio where acrylic and watercolor took over. After moving to Berlin Pablo Benzo finds oil as a new favored technique and incorporates collage work and ceramics as additional media, complementing and extending his visual imagery. His work is characterized by the construction of confusing and unreal situations where mysterious places, warped furnitures, sleepy plants and collections of interior objects are mixed with abstract shapes, often with a lack of a coherent perspective on the composition of the scenes. Each of the expressions he works with feed off of each other, thus complementing and influencing the possibilities these different techniques deliver.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Willow Waltz“ a solo exhibition by Chilean artist Pablo Benzo, showing his latest oil paintings and sculptures. The opening reception will be on Thursday, November 24th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through February 11th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

24th November – 11th February

The gallery will be closed from
the 24th of December until the 11th of January

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About Willow Waltz

With his abstracted plant-like figures, which appear somehow static, but more in a way that they are caught in a motion, careful not to move while being watched, Pablo Benzo turns the Gallery space into a surreal wonderland where creatures who’s shapes remind of willows are deliberately moved by the breeze. Like a slow waltz they are dancing through the empty space, lost somehow and solitarily yet not lonely but peaceful.

About Pablo Benzo

Painter, Graphic Designer and Illustrator Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago (Chile) and is based in Berlin since 2013. In his youth he spent most of his time and energy in Graffiti and street painting. This has led him to meet and collaborate with many artists from the Santiago scene and later from around the world. The experience thereof and the influence and studies of both historical artists as well as his contemporaries made Pablo expand his work more and more to the studio where acrylic and watercolor took over. After moving to Berlin Pablo Benzo finds oil as a new favored technique and incorporates collage work and ceramics as additional media, complementing and extending his visual imagery. His work is characterized by the construction of confusing and unreal situations where mysterious places, warped furnitures, sleepy plants and collections of interior objects are mixed with abstract shapes, often with a lack of a coherent perspective on the composition of the scenes. Each of the expressions he works with feed off of each other, thus complementing and influencing the possibilities these different techniques deliver.

About Curiot

Mexican painter and street artist Curiot was born deep into the Mayan jungle near the cascading spirits, in an unexplored section of the jungle. As a part of a small tribe named ‚Tlaltzotl‘ which can be translated as ‚guardians of the path‘ he was introduced to alternate realities from early on. Nevertheless he decided to go for a classic Fine Arts education at the Universidad Michoacana de S.N. Hidalgo where he graduated in 2008. Since then his paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout South America, the U.S. and Europe cooperating with notable galleries such as Thinkspace Gallery or FFDG Gallery. His paintings which distinguish themselves through an extraordinary use of strong colors, usually appear in a very psychedelic mood. By mixing abstracted ornamental and geometrical shapes he picks up ancient Mexican mythology and transfers these gods and spirits into a new modern, even futuristic looking scenario.

Temple of Gravitational Echoes

About Curiot

Mexican painter and street artist Curiot was born deep into the Mayan jungle near the cascading spirits, in an unexplored section of the jungle. As a part of a small tribe named ‚Tlaltzotl‘ which can be translated as ‚guardians of the path‘ he was introduced to alternate realities from early on. Nevertheless he decided to go for a classic Fine Arts education at the Universidad Michoacana de S.N. Hidalgo where he graduated in 2008. Since then his paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout South America, the U.S. and Europe cooperating with notable galleries such as Thinkspace Gallery or FFDG Gallery. His paintings which distinguish themselves through an extraordinary use of strong colors, usually appear in a very psychedelic mood. By mixing abstracted ornamental and geometrical shapes he picks up ancient Mexican mythology and transfers these gods and spirits into a new modern, even futuristic looking scenario.

About Pablo Benzo

Painter, Graphic Designer and Illustrator Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago (Chile) and is based in Berlin since 2013. In his youth he spent most of his time and energy in Graffiti and street painting. This has led him to meet and collaborate with many artists from the Santiago scene and later from around the world. The experience thereof and the influence and studies of both historical artists as well as his contemporaries made Pablo expand his work more and more to the studio where acrylic and watercolor took over. After moving to Berlin Pablo Benzo finds oil as a new favored technique and incorporates collage work and ceramics as additional media, complementing and extending his visual imagery. His work is characterized by the construction of confusing and unreal situations where mysterious places, warped furnitures, sleepy plants and collections of interior objects are mixed with abstract shapes, often with a lack of a coherent perspective on the composition of the scenes. Each of the expressions he works with feed off of each other, thus complementing and influencing the possibilities these different techniques deliver.

Deep Blue Season

About Pablo Benzo

Painter, Graphic Designer and Illustrator Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago (Chile) and is based in Berlin since 2013. In his youth he spent most of his time and energy in Graffiti and street painting. This has led him to meet and collaborate with many artists from the Santiago scene and later from around the world. The experience thereof and the influence and studies of both historical artists as well as his contemporaries made Pablo expand his work more and more to the studio where acrylic and watercolor took over. After moving to Berlin Pablo Benzo finds oil as a new favored technique and incorporates collage work and ceramics as additional media, complementing and extending his visual imagery. His work is characterized by the construction of confusing and unreal situations where mysterious places, warped furnitures, sleepy plants and collections of interior objects are mixed with abstract shapes, often with a lack of a coherent perspective on the composition of the scenes. Each of the expressions he works with feed off of each other, thus complementing and influencing the possibilities these different techniques deliver.

About Fabio D’Aroma

Italian artist Fabio D’Aroma was born in 1973 in Pescara, Italy and graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome in 1997, with his thesis studies concentrated on Caravaggio. Exhibiting regularly since the early 2000’s he spent the last fifteen years in the United States, mostly New York. Heavily influenced by Caravaggio and the grotesque figuration, Fabio is interested in deconstructing the idea of high art in painting. In 2010, he began working on the procession project, in which 30×56 paintings fit into a three-hundred character frieze. The first segment was displayed at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston, the second at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. He now lives and works in Italy.

Study N. 5 for new segement

Study for „AAA“

About Fabio D’Aroma

Italian artist Fabio D’Aroma was born in 1973 in Pescara, Italy and graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome in 1997, with his thesis studies concentrated on Caravaggio. Exhibiting regularly since the early 2000’s he spent the last fifteen years in the United States, mostly New York. Heavily influenced by Caravaggio and the grotesque figuration, Fabio is interested in deconstructing the idea of high art in painting. In 2010, he began working on the procession project, in which 30×56 paintings fit into a three-hundred character frieze. The first segment was displayed at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston, the second at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York. He now lives and works in Italy.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Hollow“ a solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Diego Cirulli, showing his latest oil paintings. The opening reception will be on Thursday, May 19th, from 6 – 10 pm. Cirulli’s first solo exhibition in Europe is open to the public for viewing through July 9th.

“… we need to close our eyes in order to see when the act of seeing sends us to- opens, an abyss that watches us, concerns us, and somehow constitutes us”. G. Didi-Huberman

The series of paintings in this exhibition were made during 2015 and the first half of 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Originally, each of the works on display was conceived independently and not as part of a whole. As the work was developing, dialogues and conceptual correspondences that linked the paintings appeared: they traced the way for the series’ mood. The polysemic content in these images has its origin in loss. They are framed within a specific time of the place the artist inhabits. A place with memories, an everyday life, voices and images that filled each space until they were deprived of meaning. Accepting how useless intentions conceived beforehand are, the artist faces what he cannot avoid about the painting process. The spaces where processes take place no longer stand. He forces his surroundings and reaches them only in the distance. Arrival is denied and the road cannot be recognised. Despair emerges. Hollow is the pictorial materialization of what has become void and what remains. What speaks through silence, what stands through denying. What slips away and can only be expressed through aphonic sounds. Appearance and nonappearance. Presence and absence. What lies within and behind each image. While painting, Cirulli finds himself face to face with an affirmation. Something beyond his intentions. He can but endure the absence of what he is looking for and accept the gaze of the painting. This does not end there; it is filled with something that overflows. There the will arises.

About Diego Cirulli

Diego Cirulli was born in Bariloche, province of Río Negro, Argentina, in 1981. He began his training in the workshop of Jose Rueda and drawing and painting lessons at The Villagran Brothers‘ Illustration Studio and José Alberto Marchi’s workshop. After that he went to Eduardo Molinari’s seminar El Calor (The Heat) and the artistic clinics of Diana Aizemberg and Gabriel Baggio. Cirulli took a course on Scenic construction at Teatro Colón and is currently on the theatre’s permanent staff. He completed his studies at Instituto Nacional del Arte (National University Institute of Art) and got his degree in Visual Arts with his dissertation 21 105 Significance and Redefinition of Memory Spaces. In 2006, Diego launched the art workshop „Kalos” and has been teaching there while working, at the same time, as a set designer for several independent theatres and contemporary dance companies. He has participated in the art work for several illustration books published in Argentina and other countries. Diego Cirulli has had individual and group exhibitions in Argentina and other countries, including Bosnia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Spain and Uruguay. Some of his most notable works are the installation 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces C. C. M. H. at the Cultural Centre Haroldo Conti, which was declared a site of national, cultural interest by the federal secrtariat in charge of cultural affrairs and the painting exhibition Public Education in the Dominican Republic. Cirulli was invited to the Meeting of Styles 2011 which took place in Buenos Aires and to the 6th Festival América do Sul Corumbá in Brazil. He was artist-in-residency at the school of design Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic in 2012 and published the book 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces in the same year.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Hollow“ a solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Diego Cirulli, showing his latest oil paintings. The opening reception will be on Thursday, May 19th, from 6 – 10 pm. Cirulli’s first solo exhibition in Europe is open to the public for viewing through July 9th.

“… we need to close our eyes in order to see when the act of seeing sends us to- opens, an abyss that watches us, concerns us, and somehow constitutes us”. G. Didi-Huberman

The series of paintings in this exhibition were made during 2015 and the first half of 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Originally, each of the works on display was conceived independently and not as part of a whole. As the work was developing, dialogues and conceptual correspondences that linked the paintings appeared: they traced the way for the series’ mood. The polysemic content in these images has its origin in loss. They are framed within a specific time of the place the artist inhabits. A place with memories, an everyday life, voices and images that filled each space until they were deprived of meaning. Accepting how useless intentions conceived beforehand are, the artist faces what he cannot avoid about the painting process. The spaces where processes take place no longer stand. He forces his surroundings and reaches them only in the distance. Arrival is denied and the road cannot be recognised. Despair emerges. Hollow is the pictorial materialization of what has become void and what remains. What speaks through silence, what stands through denying. What slips away and can only be expressed through aphonic sounds. Appearance and nonappearance. Presence and absence. What lies within and behind each image. While painting, Cirulli finds himself face to face with an affirmation. Something beyond his intentions. He can but endure the absence of what he is looking for and accept the gaze of the painting. This does not end there; it is filled with something that overflows. There the will arises.

About Diego Cirulli

Diego Cirulli was born in Bariloche, province of Río Negro, Argentina, in 1981. He began his training in the workshop of Jose Rueda and drawing and painting lessons at The Villagran Brothers‘ Illustration Studio and José Alberto Marchi’s workshop. After that he went to Eduardo Molinari’s seminar El Calor (The Heat) and the artistic clinics of Diana Aizemberg and Gabriel Baggio. Cirulli took a course on Scenic construction at Teatro Colón and is currently on the theatre’s permanent staff. He completed his studies at Instituto Nacional del Arte (National University Institute of Art) and got his degree in Visual Arts with his dissertation 21 105 Significance and Redefinition of Memory Spaces. In 2006, Diego launched the art workshop „Kalos” and has been teaching there while working, at the same time, as a set designer for several independent theatres and contemporary dance companies. He has participated in the art work for several illustration books published in Argentina and other countries. Diego Cirulli has had individual and group exhibitions in Argentina and other countries, including Bosnia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Spain and Uruguay. Some of his most notable works are the installation 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces C. C. M. H. at the Cultural Centre Haroldo Conti, which was declared a site of national, cultural interest by the federal secrtariat in charge of cultural affrairs and the painting exhibition Public Education in the Dominican Republic. Cirulli was invited to the Meeting of Styles 2011 which took place in Buenos Aires and to the 6th Festival América do Sul Corumbá in Brazil. He was artist-in-residency at the school of design Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic in 2012 and published the book 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces in the same year.

About Diego Cirulli

Diego Cirulli was born in Bariloche, province of Río Negro, Argentina, in 1981. He began his training in the workshop of Jose Rueda and drawing and painting lessons at The Villagran Brothers‘ Illustration Studio and José Alberto Marchi’s workshop. After that he went to Eduardo Molinari’s seminar El Calor (The Heat) and the artistic clinics of Diana Aizemberg and Gabriel Baggio. Cirulli took a course on Scenic construction at Teatro Colón and is currently on the theatre’s permanent staff. He completed his studies at Instituto Nacional del Arte (National University Institute of Art) and got his degree in Visual Arts with his dissertation 21 105 Significance and Redefinition of Memory Spaces. In 2006, Diego launched the art workshop „Kalos” and has been teaching there while working, at the same time, as a set designer for several independent theatres and contemporary dance companies. He has participated in the art work for several illustration books published in Argentina and other countries. Diego Cirulli has had individual and group exhibitions in Argentina and other countries, including Bosnia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Spain and Uruguay. Some of his most notable works are the installation 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces C. C. M. H. at the Cultural Centre Haroldo Conti, which was declared a site of national, cultural interest by the federal secrtariat in charge of cultural affrairs and the painting exhibition Public Education in the Dominican Republic. Cirulli was invited to the Meeting of Styles 2011 which took place in Buenos Aires and to the 6th Festival América do Sul Corumbá in Brazil. He was artist-in-residency at the school of design Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic in 2012 and published the book 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces in the same year.

Ditch

Make Void

About Diego Cirulli

Diego Cirulli was born in Bariloche, province of Río Negro, Argentina, in 1981. He began his training in the workshop of Jose Rueda and drawing and painting lessons at The Villagran Brothers‘ Illustration Studio and José Alberto Marchi’s workshop. After that he went to Eduardo Molinari’s seminar El Calor (The Heat) and the artistic clinics of Diana Aizemberg and Gabriel Baggio. Cirulli took a course on Scenic construction at Teatro Colón and is currently on the theatre’s permanent staff. He completed his studies at Instituto Nacional del Arte (National University Institute of Art) and got his degree in Visual Arts with his dissertation 21 105 Significance and Redefinition of Memory Spaces. In 2006, Diego launched the art workshop „Kalos” and has been teaching there while working, at the same time, as a set designer for several independent theatres and contemporary dance companies. He has participated in the art work for several illustration books published in Argentina and other countries. Diego Cirulli has had individual and group exhibitions in Argentina and other countries, including Bosnia, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Spain and Uruguay. Some of his most notable works are the installation 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces C. C. M. H. at the Cultural Centre Haroldo Conti, which was declared a site of national, cultural interest by the federal secrtariat in charge of cultural affrairs and the painting exhibition Public Education in the Dominican Republic. Cirulli was invited to the Meeting of Styles 2011 which took place in Buenos Aires and to the 6th Festival América do Sul Corumbá in Brazil. He was artist-in-residency at the school of design Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic in 2012 and published the book 21 105 significance and redefinition of Memory Spaces in the same year.

BC Gallery is proud to present KARAMBOLAGE a duo exhibition by Heiko Zahlmann & Stohead. The opening reception will be on Saturday, April 2nd, from 2 – 6 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through May 7th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

2nd April – 7th May

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About KARAMBOLAGE

Heiko Zahlmann and Christoph Hässler, aka Stohead. These are two names, two styles, two stories intertwined. Both having been born in 1973, both taking on Graffiti in the late eighties, both traveling the world together and even sharing a studio for some years have produced countless works around the world. After this long period of working side by side the two artists went their separate ways and developed an individual abstract style derived from their own style of writing. Stohead began developing more and more towards an organic deconstruction of lettering and Heiko Zahlmann towards a very geometrical, almost architectural distortion of his writing style. They have found back together again to combine and clash their styles.

About Heiko Zahlmann

For years Heiko Zahlmann was active worldwide in urban areas, made concrete walls his image carriers. His graffiti past is evident in his work today. Concrete, color, font and often sitespecific details – the basic elements remain the same. And yet his work has evolved considerably. His spatial wall works move between architecture, sculpture, painting and drawing. Working in situ, they refer to the area and its surrounding. Writing still forms the base for the now three dimensional shapes, but in its highly abstract form recognizable only at a second glance. Zahlmann was born in Hamburg in 1973. After having painted hundreds of graffitis he was included among others in the Guinness Book of World Records. His oeuvre today lies with galleries and institutions, including the City Gallery Prague, the Kunsthalle Krems, the art space Kreuzberg-Berlin, at de Pury & Luxembourg and the Museum for Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Some of his murals are permanently installed, including the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg, FBC Frankfurt as well as in several private collections. In addition, works in public spaces continue to emerge. Zahlmann lives and works in Hamburg.

About Stohead

Berlin based artist Christoph Hässler aka Stohead, was born in 1973 in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. His first graffiti experiences date back to 1989 and in 1999 he joined the artist group „Getting-Up“ with whom he created some of the biggest graffiti murals and exhibitions in the early stages of the new graffiti art movement. Stohead has always focused his work around the art of writing and plays with all kinds of different handwritten letterings. His journey from classic tag lettering to abstract painting has brought him to the complete decomposition of letters to an absolute abstract form. It is in this decomposition in which he has developed his unique painting style using several different techniques and media. Due to the fact that his techniques very often require precision and speed alike the level of concentration and energy needed to compose his works are drawn from the strong, everyday emotions that influence us all. Love, hate, ambition, needs etc.

BC Gallery is proud to present KARAMBOLAGE a duo exhibition by Heiko Zahlmann & Stohead. The opening reception will be on Saturday, April 2nd, from 2 – 6 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through May 7th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

2nd April – 7th May

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About KARAMBOLAGE

Heiko Zahlmann and Christoph Hässler, aka Stohead. These are two names, two styles, two stories intertwined. Both having been born in 1973, both taking on Graffiti in the late eighties, both traveling the world together and even sharing a studio for some years have produced countless works around the world. After this long period of working side by side the two artists went their separate ways and developed an individual abstract style derived from their own style of writing. Stohead began developing more and more towards an organic deconstruction of lettering and Heiko Zahlmann towards a very geometrical, almost architectural distortion of his writing style. They have found back together again to combine and clash their styles.

About Heiko Zahlmann

For years Heiko Zahlmann was active worldwide in urban areas, made concrete walls his image carriers. His graffiti past is evident in his work today. Concrete, color, font and often sitespecific details – the basic elements remain the same. And yet his work has evolved considerably. His spatial wall works move between architecture, sculpture, painting and drawing. Working in situ, they refer to the area and its surrounding. Writing still forms the base for the now three dimensional shapes, but in its highly abstract form recognizable only at a second glance. Zahlmann was born in Hamburg in 1973. After having painted hundreds of graffitis he was included among others in the Guinness Book of World Records. His oeuvre today lies with galleries and institutions, including the City Gallery Prague, the Kunsthalle Krems, the art space Kreuzberg-Berlin, at de Pury & Luxembourg and the Museum for Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. Some of his murals are permanently installed, including the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg, FBC Frankfurt as well as in several private collections. In addition, works in public spaces continue to emerge. Zahlmann lives and works in Hamburg.

About Stohead

Berlin based artist Christoph Hässler aka Stohead, was born in 1973 in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. His first graffiti experiences date back to 1989 and in 1999 he joined the artist group „Getting-Up“ with whom he created some of the biggest graffiti murals and exhibitions in the early stages of the new graffiti art movement. Stohead has always focused his work around the art of writing and plays with all kinds of different handwritten letterings. His journey from classic tag lettering to abstract painting has brought him to the complete decomposition of letters to an absolute abstract form. It is in this decomposition in which he has developed his unique painting style using several different techniques and media. Due to the fact that his techniques very often require precision and speed alike the level of concentration and energy needed to compose his works are drawn from the strong, everyday emotions that influence us all. Love, hate, ambition, needs etc.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „TENSION“ a solo exhibition by Czech artist Jan Kaláb, showing his latest canvases and sculpture. The opening reception will be on Thursday, December 10th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through January 23rd.

Opening Reception

Runtime

10th December – 27th February

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

The first level of tension in Jan Kaláb’s works comes from the development of his style. Coming from classic letter graffiti, where the message is portrayed in words and characters, his organic evolution brought Jan to a complete „melting“ of imagery to a more abstract shape and form. Using the circle or sphere as a boarder and a strongly defined color pallet for composition, tension is created by what is inside and outside the circle. There is always a main color that makes up most of the space that all other colors have to abide to. Tension defined through colors and form. Choosing to show eight round canvases and one spherical sculpture creates tension between the dimensions. As earth is a sphere itself, holding a lot of tension from the beginning of evolution, the shape of the works and the title of the show go naturally hand in hand to display the tension surrounding us in our everyday world.

About the Artist

Czech artist Jan Kaláb, who was born in 1978 and therefore grew up under a regime in which the performance of graffiti was totally unimaginable, was one of the pioneers who started bringing urban art into Eastern European countries after the borders opened upin the early 90‘s. Starting off as a founder of the DSK crew he made a name for himself throughout Europe as ‚Cakes‘. Later on, he decided to broaden his horizon and move to New York where he changed his name to ‚Point‘ and started creating huge sculpted abstract letters which he chose to put up in the streets and on walls. He thereby created another form of graffiti without a spray can, but truthful to the spirit of competition and innovation of the urban scene. These letter sculptures led him to the path of total abstraction which he also adapted in his paintings and keeps on elaborating since 2007. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts of Prague he continuously developed his style and has since then become more and more geometric. He uses colorful squares and circles as his vocabulary for infinite variations around depth, time, and motion. Having gained recognition over the past years, Kaláb is on his way to a promising career as an abstract artist.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „TENSION“ a solo exhibition by Czech artist Jan Kaláb, showing his latest canvases and sculpture. The opening reception will be on Thursday, December 10th, from 6 – 10 pm. The exhibition is open to the public for viewing through January 23rd.

Opening Reception

Runtime

10th December – 27th February

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

The first level of tension in Jan Kaláb’s works comes from the development of his style. Coming from classic letter graffiti, where the message is portrayed in words and characters, his organic evolution brought Jan to a complete „melting“ of imagery to a more abstract shape and form. Using the circle or sphere as a boarder and a strongly defined color pallet for composition, tension is created by what is inside and outside the circle. There is always a main color that makes up most of the space that all other colors have to abide to. Tension defined through colors and form. Choosing to show eight round canvases and one spherical sculpture creates tension between the dimensions. As earth is a sphere itself, holding a lot of tension from the beginning of evolution, the shape of the works and the title of the show go naturally hand in hand to display the tension surrounding us in our everyday world.

About the Artist

Czech artist Jan Kaláb, who was born in 1978 and therefore grew up under a regime in which the performance of graffiti was totally unimaginable, was one of the pioneers who started bringing urban art into Eastern European countries after the borders opened upin the early 90‘s. Starting off as a founder of the DSK crew he made a name for himself throughout Europe as ‚Cakes‘. Later on, he decided to broaden his horizon and move to New York where he changed his name to ‚Point‘ and started creating huge sculpted abstract letters which he chose to put up in the streets and on walls. He thereby created another form of graffiti without a spray can, but truthful to the spirit of competition and innovation of the urban scene. These letter sculptures led him to the path of total abstraction which he also adapted in his paintings and keeps on elaborating since 2007. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts of Prague he continuously developed his style and has since then become more and more geometric. He uses colorful squares and circles as his vocabulary for infinite variations around depth, time, and motion. Having gained recognition over the past years, Kaláb is on his way to a promising career as an abstract artist.

About Daniel Dalopo

Andalusian artist Daniel López Pozo a.k.a ‚DALOPO‘ was born in 1990 in Casariche from where he later moved to the city of Seville in 2007, which he has considered his home ever since. Moving to the city allowed him to enter the local School of Art where he put his focus on studying artistic silkscreen. It didn’t take much time until he got the chance to exhibit his work in several exhibitions in Seville. His characteristic style, which he had developed over many years since his childhood in the countryside, is strongly influenced by 20th century art movements like constructivism, cubism, or pop art. Dalopo mainly works with abstract shapes, geometrical structures mixed with organic forms, faces and countless bodies, which he disintegrates and re-organizes in order to create a collage-like new picture. The central matter of his creations is the human being, his face, his contradictions, unprovided of labels and religions, the universe and the meaning of life, freedom and sexual diversity.

Jungle I

Jungle II

About Daniel Dalopo

Andalusian artist Daniel López Pozo a.k.a ‚DALOPO‘ was born in 1990 in Casariche from where he later moved to the city of Seville in 2007, which he has considered his home ever since. Moving to the city allowed him to enter the local School of Art where he put his focus on studying artistic silkscreen. It didn’t take much time until he got the chance to exhibit his work in several exhibitions in Seville. His characteristic style, which he had developed over many years since his childhood in the countryside, is strongly influenced by 20th century art movements like constructivism, cubism, or pop art. Dalopo mainly works with abstract shapes, geometrical structures mixed with organic forms, faces and countless bodies, which he disintegrates and re-organizes in order to create a collage-like new picture. The central matter of his creations is the human being, his face, his contradictions, unprovided of labels and religions, the universe and the meaning of life, freedom and sexual diversity.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Sehnsucht“, a series of paintings and videos by Miami based artist Axel Void. The opening reception will be on Thursday, July 16th, from 6 – 10 pm, the exhibition is open to the public for viewing through September 26th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

16th July – 26th September

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

„Sehnsucht“ is a series of paintings and videos based on mundanity. It talks about the pursuit of purpose in our every day life. After the Second World War, a current called Absurdism emerged based on the absence of an inherent meaning. While during war that meaning seemed obvious, after the war this feeling of numbness arrived, where there seemed to be no clear direction. This show gives emphasis to that confusion and state of wellbeing within our basic necessities, and longing for something else.

About the Artist

Born in 1986 in Miami, Axel Void grew up in Spain after his parents decided to move to Europe when he was just three years old. Strongly influenced by classical paintings and drawing, he already made contact with the graffiti scene at the early age of 13. In the following years he studied at Contemporary Art institutions and Fine Art schools in Cádiz, Granada and Sevilla, where he remained active until he moved to Germany in 2010. For three years he resided in Berlin before deciding to change his environment again and move to the city of his birth Miami where he currently resides. His work can only be classified with difficulty. He moves between all kinds of different media such as mural, installation, oil and acrylic painting, audio and video recording and drawing which display his radical vision. Unpleasant, psychological and social issues that are yet many times interrupted by ironic statements, dominate the content of Axel Void’s work. It is in this mirror to society that he reminds us of how fleeting time is and the importance of remembering.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Sehnsucht“, a series of paintings and videos by Miami based artist Axel Void. The opening reception will be on Thursday, July 16th, from 6 – 10 pm, the exhibition is open to the public for viewing through September 26th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

16th July – 26th September

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

„Sehnsucht“ is a series of paintings and videos based on mundanity. It talks about the pursuit of purpose in our every day life. After the Second World War, a current called Absurdism emerged based on the absence of an inherent meaning. While during war that meaning seemed obvious, after the war this feeling of numbness arrived, where there seemed to be no clear direction. This show gives emphasis to that confusion and state of wellbeing within our basic necessities, and longing for something else.

About the Artist

Born in 1986 in Miami, Axel Void grew up in Spain after his parents decided to move to Europe when he was just three years old. Strongly influenced by classical paintings and drawing, he already made contact with the graffiti scene at the early age of 13. In the following years he studied at Contemporary Art institutions and Fine Art schools in Cádiz, Granada and Sevilla, where he remained active until he moved to Germany in 2010. For three years he resided in Berlin before deciding to change his environment again and move to the city of his birth Miami where he currently resides. His work can only be classified with difficulty. He moves between all kinds of different media such as mural, installation, oil and acrylic painting, audio and video recording and drawing which display his radical vision. Unpleasant, psychological and social issues that are yet many times interrupted by ironic statements, dominate the content of Axel Void’s work. It is in this mirror to society that he reminds us of how fleeting time is and the importance of remembering.

About Jan Kaláb

Czech artist Jan Kaláb, who was born in 1978 and therefore grew up under a regime in which the performance of graffiti was totally unimaginable, was one of the pioneers who started bringing urban art into Eastern European countries after the borders opened upin the early 90‘s. Starting off as a founder of the DSK crew he made a name for himself throughout Europe as ‚Cakes‘. Later on, he decided to broaden his horizon and move to New York where he changed his name to ‚Point‘ and started creating huge sculpted abstract letters which he chose to put up in the streets and on walls. He thereby created another form of graffiti without a spray can, but truthful to the spirit of competition and innovation of the urban scene. These letter sculptures led him to the path of total abstraction which he also adapted in his paintings and keeps on elaborating since 2007. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts of Prague he continuously developed his style and has since then become more and more geometric. He uses colorful squares and circles as his vocabulary for infinite variations around depth, time, and motion. Having gained recognition over the past years, Kaláb is on his way to a promising career as an abstract artist.

Tamarindo

About Jan Kaláb

Czech artist Jan Kaláb, who was born in 1978 and therefore grew up under a regime in which the performance of graffiti was totally unimaginable, was one of the pioneers who started bringing urban art into Eastern European countries after the borders opened upin the early 90‘s. Starting off as a founder of the DSK crew he made a name for himself throughout Europe as ‚Cakes‘. Later on, he decided to broaden his horizon and move to New York where he changed his name to ‚Point‘ and started creating huge sculpted abstract letters which he chose to put up in the streets and on walls. He thereby created another form of graffiti without a spray can, but truthful to the spirit of competition and innovation of the urban scene. These letter sculptures led him to the path of total abstraction which he also adapted in his paintings and keeps on elaborating since 2007. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts of Prague he continuously developed his style and has since then become more and more geometric. He uses colorful squares and circles as his vocabulary for infinite variations around depth, time, and motion. Having gained recognition over the past years, Kaláb is on his way to a promising career as an abstract artist.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Fragmentations“, a series of new works by Italian artist Moneyless in what will be his first solo exhibition in Germany. The opening reception will be Thursday, May 14th, from 6 – 10 pm, the exhibition is free and open to the public for viewing through June 27th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

14th May – 27th June

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

The artwork of “Fragmentations” is the result of an artistic journey that led to the deconstruction and transformation of the most important aspect of Moneyless‘ work, which is the circle, into a dimension of pure movement by depriving it of its perfect form and replacing it with a more human and fleeting tension.The fragments have become the foundation of a new piece of art that animates and invites the spectator’s eye to be part of the creative process. The movement and the strain of the motion thrust were previously represented by a string of static circumferences. Now, the lines suggest a finiteness that the eye can subconsciously recreate, giving the painting a sense of ephemeral completeness.Movement is thus being released beyond the painting and into the surrounding space.

About the Artist

Born in Milan in 1980 and raised in Tuscany, Moneyless’ art is characterized by an investigation on the rawest elements of life and focuses on a process of continuous evolution. He certainly owes his graphical mark to the street, where he was born as an artist and where he grounded his roots in the ’90s graffiti/writing scene. “I wanted to undress the letters from the alphabetical presence” he says – then Teo started focusing on the pureness of the shape, the pregnancy of geometry in the fundamentals of life, gradually taking distance from walls and lettering – “My efforts then dropped the symbolic meaning of the letter”. His artistic research, relieved by the weight of a fixed form, made his style move towards a pure geometry onthology. Moneyless’ aesthetic seems to quote a Platonic vision where geometry is represented as the structure, the foundation upon which all nature is built. Fire, air, water and earth are the basic elements of existence and they come out from the multiplication of the main geometrical figure, the triangle: we’d better say division rather than multiplication, because it’s through subtraction that Moneyless looks into evolution.

BC Gallery is pleased to present „Fragmentations“, a series of new works by Italian artist Moneyless in what will be his first solo exhibition in Germany. The opening reception will be Thursday, May 14th, from 6 – 10 pm, the exhibition is free and open to the public for viewing through June 27th.

Opening Reception

Runtime

14th May – 27th June

Opening Hours

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 6 pm

About the Show

The artwork of “Fragmentations” is the result of an artistic journey that led to the deconstruction and transformation of the most important aspect of Moneyless‘ work, which is the circle, into a dimension of pure movement by depriving it of its perfect form and replacing it with a more human and fleeting tension.The fragments have become the foundation of a new piece of art that animates and invites the spectator’s eye to be part of the creative process. The movement and the strain of the motion thrust were previously represented by a string of static circumferences. Now, the lines suggest a finiteness that the eye can subconsciously recreate, giving the painting a sense of ephemeral completeness.Movement is thus being released beyond the painting and into the surrounding space.

About the Artist

Born in Milan in 1980 and raised in Tuscany, Moneyless’ art is characterized by an investigation on the rawest elements of life and focuses on a process of continuous evolution. He certainly owes his graphical mark to the street, where he was born as an artist and where he grounded his roots in the ’90s graffiti/writing scene. “I wanted to undress the letters from the alphabetical presence” he says – then Teo started focusing on the pureness of the shape, the pregnancy of geometry in the fundamentals of life, gradually taking distance from walls and lettering – “My efforts then dropped the symbolic meaning of the letter”. His artistic research, relieved by the weight of a fixed form, made his style move towards a pure geometry onthology. Moneyless’ aesthetic seems to quote a Platonic vision where geometry is represented as the structure, the foundation upon which all nature is built. Fire, air, water and earth are the basic elements of existence and they come out from the multiplication of the main geometrical figure, the triangle: we’d better say division rather than multiplication, because it’s through subtraction that Moneyless looks into evolution.

Opening Reception

Runtime:

March 13th – April 25th

Opening Hours:

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 to 6 pm

About the Show

Death has been one of the main concerns in human society for millennia. It’s been at the
source of many religious traditions and rituals, myths, and philosophical debates. The fact that
the artist himself is haunted by the thought of death, and is fascinated by the myths, folk
stories and religious representations drove him to try to explore different ways to see death –
as a state, a process, a threatening thought, or even personified as a deity.
The ways in which death is perceived and dealt with in different cultures and religions, can be
very polarizing, from beliefs of resurrection and rebirth, to decay and eternal oblivion. But inbetween these opposite attitudes, there are numerous nuances, different personifications of
death that do not have a very definite meaning: some death deities have an ambiguous
character from one representation to another, or they can migrate from one culture to another,
changing their shape, meaning, and name in the process. Some of these personifications are illustrated and interpreted in the show, whose title “A Stranger in The Garden”
(a play on “Death in The Garden” the title of a Luis Bunuel movie), tries to suggest the complete mystery which surrounds the subject, and the many ways in
which it can be perceived.

About the Artist

Saddo is a Romanian artist, who studied Graphics in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where together with a few friends he founded one of the first Romanian street art collectives about 10 years ago. Since then he has been through lots of phases and had many different influences, from cartoons, sci-fi and fantasy books and movies, street art, Renaissance art, the works of Arcimboldo, Brueghel, Bosch, Walton Ford, naturalistic illustrations of plants and birds, floral patterns, and many others. He lived all over Romania, one year in Berlin, one year in Lisbon, time during which he was influenced by the vibe of each city, the local history and the imagery, constantly working towards perfecting his technique and subjects with each new project. His latest body of work draws influence from myths, religious imagery, and touches on subjects like violence in human history, the passing of time, nostalgia for a lost luxurious paradise, mortality and death.

Opening Reception

Runtime:

March 13th – April 25th

Opening Hours:

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 to 6 pm

About the Show

Death has been one of the main concerns in human society for millennia. It’s been at the
source of many religious traditions and rituals, myths, and philosophical debates. The fact that
the artist himself is haunted by the thought of death, and is fascinated by the myths, folk
stories and religious representations drove him to try to explore different ways to see death –
as a state, a process, a threatening thought, or even personified as a deity.
The ways in which death is perceived and dealt with in different cultures and religions, can be
very polarizing, from beliefs of resurrection and rebirth, to decay and eternal oblivion. But inbetween these opposite attitudes, there are numerous nuances, different personifications of
death that do not have a very definite meaning: some death deities have an ambiguous
character from one representation to another, or they can migrate from one culture to another,
changing their shape, meaning, and name in the process. Some of these personifications are illustrated and interpreted in the show, whose title “A Stranger in The Garden”
(a play on “Death in The Garden” the title of a Luis Bunuel movie), tries to suggest the complete mystery which surrounds the subject, and the many ways in
which it can be perceived.

About the Artist

Saddo is a Romanian artist, who studied Graphics in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where together with a few friends he founded one of the first Romanian street art collectives about 10 years ago. Since then he has been through lots of phases and had many different influences, from cartoons, sci-fi and fantasy books and movies, street art, Renaissance art, the works of Arcimboldo, Brueghel, Bosch, Walton Ford, naturalistic illustrations of plants and birds, floral patterns, and many others. He lived all over Romania, one year in Berlin, one year in Lisbon, time during which he was influenced by the vibe of each city, the local history and the imagery, constantly working towards perfecting his technique and subjects with each new project. His latest body of work draws influence from myths, religious imagery, and touches on subjects like violence in human history, the passing of time, nostalgia for a lost luxurious paradise, mortality and death.

About Andrea Wan

Despite her young age Berlin based artist Andrea Wan has already lived a very cosmopolitan life. Born in Hong Kong in 1985, she moved to Vancouver at the age of 10 where she grew up into a completely different culture. Upon graduating in film studies she decided to go to Europe to study half a year longer in design and illustration in Denmark. During this time she also started experimenting a lot which made her grow as an artist and let her develop her distinguished, surreal style. In 2012 Wan decided to make Berlin her home base from where she still keeps on travelling a lot. The content of her art also correlates with the idea of a perpetual change and that even identity is not necessarily a permanent thing.

Photos and Video of „Fleetings Seasons“ a solo exhibition by Andrea Wan.

Swans

About Andrea Wan

Despite her young age Berlin based artist Andrea Wan has already lived a very cosmopolitan life. Born in Hong Kong in 1985, she moved to Vancouver at the age of 10 where she grew up into a completely different culture. Upon graduating in film studies she decided to go to Europe to study half a year longer in design and illustration in Denmark. During this time she also started experimenting a lot which made her grow as an artist and let her develop her distinguished, surreal style. In 2012 Wan decided to make Berlin her home base from where she still keeps on travelling a lot. The content of her art also correlates with the idea of a perpetual change and that even identity is not necessarily a permanent thing.

Photos and Video of „Fleetings Seasons“ a solo exhibition by Andrea Wan.

Opening Reception

Runtime:

January 15th – February 28th

Opening Hours:

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 to 6 pm

About the Show

With her upcoming show “FLEETING SEASONS” Berlin based artist Andrea Wan dedicates her artwork to one of the oldest topics in fine arts: transience and the eternal circle of life and death. Taking inspiration by the old idea of ‘Vanitas’, which can be found in many different cultures, known in Europe mainly from baroque still-life paintings, Wan’s art depicts growth, transformation and decay in nature and the human body. In her surreal but still very graphic style, which is mostly achieved through mixing black and white and color drawings with ink and gouache, she combines figures, plants and otherworldly landscapes against the white void. The tension which therefore fill the works intrigue the viewers mind and leaves it with fascination as much as that the topic itself troubles the artist’s mind who considers the unpredictable nature of growth, impermanent beauty and decay fascinating and yet terrifying.

About the Artist

Despite her young age Berlin based artist Andrea Wan has already lived a very cosmopolitan life. Born in Hong Kong in 1985, she moved to Vancouver at the age of 10 where she grew up into a completely different culture. Upon graduating in film studies she decided to go to Europe to study half a year longer in design and illustration in Denmark. During this time she also started experimenting a lot which made her grow as an artist and let her develop her distinguished, surreal style. In 2012 Wan decided to make Berlin her home base from where she still keeps on travelling a lot. The content of her art also correlates with the idea of a perpetual change and that even identity is not necessarily a permanent thing.

Opening Reception

Runtime:

January 15th – February 28th

Opening Hours:

Wednesday – Saturday, 1 to 6 pm

About the Show

With her upcoming show “FLEETING SEASONS” Berlin based artist Andrea Wan dedicates her artwork to one of the oldest topics in fine arts: transience and the eternal circle of life and death. Taking inspiration by the old idea of ‘Vanitas’, which can be found in many different cultures, known in Europe mainly from baroque still-life paintings, Wan’s art depicts growth, transformation and decay in nature and the human body. In her surreal but still very graphic style, which is mostly achieved through mixing black and white and color drawings with ink and gouache, she combines figures, plants and otherworldly landscapes against the white void. The tension which therefore fill the works intrigue the viewers mind and leaves it with fascination as much as that the topic itself troubles the artist’s mind who considers the unpredictable nature of growth, impermanent beauty and decay fascinating and yet terrifying.

About the Artist

Despite her young age Berlin based artist Andrea Wan has already lived a very cosmopolitan life. Born in Hong Kong in 1985, she moved to Vancouver at the age of 10 where she grew up into a completely different culture. Upon graduating in film studies she decided to go to Europe to study half a year longer in design and illustration in Denmark. During this time she also started experimenting a lot which made her grow as an artist and let her develop her distinguished, surreal style. In 2012 Wan decided to make Berlin her home base from where she still keeps on travelling a lot. The content of her art also correlates with the idea of a perpetual change and that even identity is not necessarily a permanent thing.

About HENSE

With nearly two decades of experience, Alex Brewer aka HENSE has been creating artwork since a young age. Starting in the early ‘90s, Brewer discovered his love for creating art in the public space through graffiti. He quickly became consumed with the scene and gained notoriety for his work, a mix of formal education, immersion in street art culture and experience in professional studios which have lead Brewer to establish his abstract-inspired style. His colorful artworks are usually formed by combining techniques of street art and abstract painting and incorporate line, shape, and gesture to creative abstract compositions that are invigorated by the quick pace and commentary of street culture.

Available Artworks by Hense

Shapes #1

About HENSE

With nearly two decades of experience, Alex Brewer aka HENSE has been creating artwork since a young age. Starting in the early ‘90s, Brewer discovered his love for creating art in the public space through graffiti. He quickly became consumed with the scene and gained notoriety for his work, a mix of formal education, immersion in street art culture and experience in professional studios which have lead Brewer to establish his abstract-inspired style. His colorful artworks are usually formed by combining techniques of street art and abstract painting and incorporate line, shape, and gesture to creative abstract compositions that are invigorated by the quick pace and commentary of street culture.